Headwear



s. WERNER. HEADWEAR.

APPLICATIQN FILED DEC.2I, 1920.

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HEADWEAR.

AIPLICATlON FILED DEC.2I, 1920.

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SAMUEL WERNER, OF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY.

HEADWEAR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I SAMUEL WERNER, a citizen of the United states, and a resident of Rutherford, county of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Headwear, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in headwear of that class which have flaps or bands which may be pulled or turned down to cover the ears and the exposed parts of the head. The object of the invention is to provide a cap wherein the flaps shall more completely and efliciently protect the sides of the head, particularly the ears, from wind and cold than those now in use. i

Briefly stated, the invention consists in the provision of flaps so designed that there shall be bulges therein for the accommodation of the ears of the user whereby the users ears are not flattened against his head as in ordinary caps. The arrangement is such that notwithstanding the bulges the flaps shall be snugly held against the sides and back of the head.

To these ends my invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Figure-.1 is a perspective view of a cap embodying one form of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the flaps laid out flat end to end before being sewed up into final form.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the same flaps sewed up and laid out flat.

Fig. 3 shows the pattern used in making the flaps the same being shown as consisting of two almost identical parts to provide inside and outside sections of material.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but.

. rial due to the shortening of the side in showing a slight modification thereof.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a pair of sewed up flaps made from the pattern shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the pattern modified to allow for the incorporation of a piece of fur on the flaps.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the sewed up flaps made from the pattern shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 6 shows another modified form of Specification of Letterslatent.

flap pattern which provides for a longer pieceoffur. 1 Fig. 6 is a plan view of the sewed up flaps made from thepattern shown in Fig.6. a

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a modified form of my invention, showing the incorporation of temple shields.

.Fig. 8 shows the patterns used in making Patented Dec. 27; 1921. Application filed December 21, 1920. Serial No. 432,328.

the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7. i Fig. 8 is a plan view of the sewed up flaps,

and temple shields made from the patterns shown in Fig-8r V In the drawings like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

The crown or hea'd part'A of the. head covering with which the invention is used I may be of any usual or desired form, that shown being a cap having a vizor B. Suitably secured to the cap is the band or protector C, with which this invention is chiefly concerned. composed of two flaps 1 and 2, which are made from the pattern P shown in Fig. 3. The pattern preferably comprises two parts .a andb adapted to be folded over on the line wy and their edges sewn together to make a unitary whole, each flap thus comprising double thickness of material. The parts a and bare substantially alike except that the triangle whose apex is b' and whose base is in the line w, b is higher than the corresponding triangle of part a. This dif-' ference in height serves to provide a stripof' material which may be turned over and sewed to the edge on, a and a, 4%, "thus making a nicely rounded and finished edge, the

seam being slightly removed from said edge.v

The pattern is provided with V-shaped notches d, the edges a a and a a (b Z2 and b b whereof are brought into juxtaposition and sewn together in a seam m,

thus forming a pocket or bulge 4 in the matewhich the notch is cut, said pocket being designed to receive the. ear of the wearer when the protector ispulled down. In order to further increase the depth of the pocket, the parts a and b may be also notched at e and the side edges thereof sewn together in a seam n.

The pattern is so cut that the depth of the flaps is at a minimum at theback of the head as is customary in ear and neck pro- This protector is preferably tectors. Theedge y, a (y, 6 is however not at right angles to' the edge a a (6 b but is at an acute angle thereto. W hen these edges on the flaps 1 and 2 are sewn together in the seam 3, the united fiaps'when laid out flat, take the form shown in Fig. 2 These united flaps form what I choose to call a band or protector C and it. is the upper edge of this band thatis secured to the marginal a single. lengthof material in which event there would be provided a ii-shaped notch, the edges3 (Fig. 2) of which would be united to form the seam 3. "The inclination of the wall is therefore due to the shortening of the bottom edge of the band or protector.

Sincethe upper edge-of the material has been shortened at points m and has been shortened at its bottom at points a and 3, a rearward pull will be set up through the bottom and front edges 5, 6 of the protector when the same is drawn down against the back of the wearers neck. 7

The result is that the closer the contact between the protector and the back of the wearers neck, the more snugly will the lower sides thereof fit the wearers face and the morepronounced will be the bulge at the ears. The ears as a consequence are not flattened against the head but are left in their normal condition, thus permitting free circulation in them and so making them less liable to freezing.

While the flat pattern is preferably pro vided with a single largenotch (Z to provide for the ear pockets, it may be provided with a plurality of smaller notches d for the accomplishment of the same result. Fig. 4 shows a pattern so laidout and Fig. 4 the double seams m of a flap made from said pattern.

In some instances, it may be desirable to provide fur linings on the inside of the flaps. In Fig. 5, T have shown apattern having a cut-out section 6 which provides for a fur piece over the ears only and in Fig 6 a similar pattern which provides for a fur piece substantially the entire length of the flap. Figs. 5 and 6 show these fur pieces sewed into place.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a slightly different embodiment of my invention, a temple shield being incorporated into the structure. The temple shield comprises the part S which extends forwardly from the band or protector 0. The shield and the protector form a one piece structure (Fig. 8) the same being made up from the, pattern shown in Fig; 8. The shield pattern is preferably made in two parts 7 and 7, both being 1,401 ,vas

folded together on the line at, y, thepart 7 forming the inner or face side of. the shield. The ear pocket l is formed by sewing to gether the edges 9 g and 71/, 71 the curvature of the edges forming a bulge as will be readily understood. The part 8 may be a fur insert which is adapted to be sewn to the strip 9 extending from the part 8. This insert is notched at d, the edges of which are sewn together to form a bulge as in the pattern shown in Fig. 3. The edge 8 of the part 8 is united with the edge 7 of-the part 7' in such a manner that a smoothinside wall is obtained.

The protector thus formed is secured along its upper edge (Fig.8 to the body of the head covering, or in other words, on

the edge defined by a linepassing through points m, g, 72", the point in of the temple shield terminating at the front of the covering under the vi'zor B. The inclined edge y, it is sewn to a similar edge on a complementary pattern thus forming a seam 3" as in the other embodiment of the invention.

The wall at the seam 3, like the wallin the other embodiment of the invention, is inwardly inclined and is pressed outwardly- 'when the protector is down-and the pull thus exerted extends along the bottom "edges of the en ire band wlth the result that the said ed es are drawn snu 'l a ainst the faceb b y :3

of the wearer throughout its length. The

ears are received in the pockets 4 formed-bythe curved surface in parts 7, and 8 and the notch (Z in part 8.

T desire it understood that while I prefer to form the ear pockets by sewing up the edges of specially cut material, the'invention may be practised by sewing up gatherings in the material and that the invention is not limited to the construction shown, reference being had to the claims for the limitsof the invention. It will also be understood that when the protectors are not in use they may be folded up into the body of the head covering.

What I claim is:

l. The combination with a head covering, of a dependent ear and neck protector having ear pockets in the opposite sides of the same bulged outwardly to loosely receive and fit over the ears of the wearer and havits forward edges sloping downwardly and rearwardly and its lower rearward edge permanently shortened so as to fit closely against the back of the neck and to drawthe forward edges of the ear pockets closely against the sides of the head in advance of the ears.

2. The combination with a headcov'erin' of'a protector dependent therefrom and ex tending from the back of the head covering forwardly at both sides thereof and increas ing in depth from the rear toward the front and with its forward edges sloping downwardly and rearwardly, the front porforward edges of the ear pockets closely tions of said protector at'the opposite sides against the sides of the head in front of 10 of the head covering being bulged outthe ears.

wardly in the deepest portions thereof to In witness whereof I hereunto set my form ear pockets for fitting loosely over the hand this 17th day of December 1920.

ears of the wearer and the lower edge being SAMUEL WERNER. shortened at the rear to fit closelyfagainst Witness: I

the back of the neck and thereby draw the H. Y; BLAKISTON. 

